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Abbi:Was it Luca?
I texted Ronan after that guy called.
Ronan:No. Frank. Or Hank. I can’t remember.
Seeing as there’s no Luca at theTribune, maybe he’s dropping fake names.
Abbi:It could be the same guy. What’d you tell him?
My phone rings and Ronan’s name appears on the screen.
“I told him to suck my dick,” Ronan’s gravelly voice fills my ear before I can say hello.
I smile as I throw the call on speaker. Ronan isn’t intimidated by anyone, not even Henry, who could legitimately make his life hell. “Hey.”
“Hey, yourself.” His tone softens immediately. “I haven’t heard your voice in forever.”
“It’s only been a couple of weeks.” My cheeks flush with the reminder of the last time we saw each other, just before Ronan left Henry and me alone in the bedroom of Penthouse Cabin One. He said he’d never forget that night.
The truth is, neither will I.
I would never choose Ronan over Henry.Never. You could ask me a thousand times and I would only ever have one answer: Henry is all I’ll ever want. And yet Ronan was a lifeline during the darkest months of the summer, when my heart had been shattered, the pain a hundred times more than anything I felt after Jed broke it. Our friendship may be unconventional, but it’s ours. Keeping him in my life is important to me.
“How’s Miami?” With the Alaska location shut down for the season, the staff has retreated to their previous lives. In Ronan’s case, it’s back to Florida, where he shares a condo with Connor.
“Boring, but balmy.”
“Are you staying out of trouble?”
“Define trouble.” There’s a hint of teasing in his voice.
“I can’t. My imagination isn’t that dirty.” Henry keeps calling Ronan and Connor deviants. Given the things they got up to at Wolf Cove after I left—namely their little fuck club experiment—the nickname might not be too far off.
“I think your imagination is just fine, Red.”
I smile as I blend a smoky shadow at the corners of my eyelids. He’s the only one who calls me Red, and I like it that way. “Did this reporter leave you a number?”
“Nope. Unknown caller. Kept calling back until I answered.” Ronan snorts. “The balls he has. How did this asshole get my number, anyway?”
“Probably from whoever’s feeding him all this information.”
“My money’s on Tillie.”
“Yeah, I’m thinking the same.” Ithas tobe her. She’s a gossip vampire who feels she’s been spurned by me, though I’ve never done anything to her. Yes, Connor flirted with me while they were hooking up, but Connor flirts witheveryone. But I think it’s all driven by jealousy because I’m with Henry, and she had no idea. If there is one thing Tillie was never shy about admitting, it was how happy she would be to climb into the big bad wolf’s bed. “She doesn’t know anything, though.” Nothing for sure. “Deny everything. We’re just friends.”
“Wearejust friends, aren’t we?”
“You know what I mean.” If Henry didn’t exist, we might be more. “Are you going back to Wolf Cove next year?”
“Haven’t decided yet. Got some time before I have to commit.”
“But you’ll come for the wedding, right?”
“I’m invited?” I don’t miss the shock in his voice.
“Don’t be silly. Of course, you’re invited.” I falter on my second question. Henry and I haven’t settled on the bridesman topic yet.
“And that’s where you guys are doing it? Alaska?”
